Bhubaneswar: The Excise department in Odisha’s Nuapada seized huge quantities of spurious liquor and corks and stickers of various well-known liquor brands during a raid on Thursday night.
The Excise personnel have also arrested one person, identified as Vikash Kumar from Bihar, for possessing spurious liquor and other items were seized.
Sources said that while an Excise department team was patrolling at Khariar Road railway station they saw a youth moving suspiciously. On interrogation, the youth revealed that he had come to supply liquor to local traders there.
Several cases are registered against the arrested youth, Vikash, at Balangir, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Bargarh and Rayagada districts.
Acting on this information, Excise personnel raided a house at Mudipada in the town and seized 15 liters of spurious liquor, 51,327 corks, 10,333 labels and 22,780 stickers there.